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'£xirasl of a letter, dated, Morris Tcion,c 'January.'], 1777J. ft Since I wrote you laft, you have without doubt heard our late fucofs againH the enemy at Ttenton —Our lirmy again crofTcd the Delaware, and lay in the town two dav» ; the thi'd day, about noon, we were al1 j. ■ •arm^-tl by theenemy advancing j a;id in ab »uf two hoUrs, they eame up From PtincQton, and drove our a’dvanced;gualt;cK back into Trenteh : Our people on this, retreated From the thiekeH of cite rown, over a Btidg, waiting For the enemy to approach ; but night coining on, put a Hop to any thing Further beiug done at that time.—lit the mean while, the General came to a refotution of Healing a mirch upon the pnerav, and taking ttfeir/roe-ps which were left at prince-ton, about eUVen miles, by a bad: toad.-i——We began our Inarch about midej^Jt, which was performed withfo muchfecrecy, that the elBby knew nothing of it, ‘till the next niorning difcovereqlwe were gone—And the. firft nows t'bey had of us rWas^foitr beating tip thejr Quarters at Princeton. We killed, wounded and took abtruf 500 of them at that place.•—This, ivitb olir taking the HUfiiansjJjas gir^n our affairs quite a ( difierept turn | fo that ih.e hiilitia are embodying in all parts, of tjhe Jeifics, and up-bear determined- to have fatistaion for the injuries they Jbave fuHalned from the.enemy.—— I had the pleafure of {being in both aions, and can truly fiy, I tniHk it impof-fable for any troops to behave better than, ours did—only at Princeton, the militia who had never feen any aion, vsrrrc a litile fkit.iOi at firH, but aFcer that aAed very welh We arc under very little apprehenfiens from the ene-£,»•{ at prefbnt,. as they feem to be very much panic ftruek; *\n'd in fo great hafie were th«y to get to a place of fecu-yi y,r that they did not cfioofe today long enough at Princeton to take ctrc of their weuntled —Our army love it .ir OeuciaJvery much j but thev have one thing agdnft b n,.which i» the little care he takes of. himfr if in anyc. pin, Hii p^rfotial bravery, and the defire he has qfani-in iiing his troops by example, makes him fearlefs of arty duo tr. Th is, while ir makes him appear great, occafions n* much hd^aiinefs : but Heareiii who has liitlierto been hilt; (hield, I hope will dill continue to guard fb valuable a ’I . i do not kno\v( from what place f-fhall write to you t, as our movements are known only to the generalrjfkcfMS . . ^ .F.^ yraA of a letter from a getilleman who was in the en*1 gagemont near Prince-Town, in New-Jerfey.
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The Essex Journal
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jan 23, 1777
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